scholarly journals Psychogenic Blindness: A Rare Presentation

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Dutta ◽  
R Poudel ◽  
LJ Thapa ◽  
B Pokhrel
Keyword(s):  
Neurological Examination ◽  
Visual Pathways ◽  
Complete Loss ◽  
Sensory Loss ◽  
Visual Recovery ◽  
Rare Presentation ◽  
Poor Vision ◽  
Loss Of Vision ◽  
Psychiatric Intervention

Psychogenic blindness is a type of dissociative sensory loss which is characterized by unilateral or bilateral loss of vision/poor vision in the absence of any organic cause. We present a case of psychogenic blindness in a 21 years old female, 32 weeks primigravida who had presented with both eye complete loss of vision of 6 days duration. On admission , ophthalmological and neurological examination revealed no abnormality of visual pathways . Psychoeducation and reaasurance lead to complete visual recovery after 12 hrs of first psychiatric intervention.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpan.v2i2.9729 J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol.2, No.2, 2013 49-51

scholarly journals Anterior communicating artery aneurysm presenting with vision loss

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 305-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhaval P Shukla ◽  
Dhananjaya I Bhat ◽  
Bhagavatula I Devi
Keyword(s):  
Vision Loss ◽  
Artery Aneurysm ◽  
Visual Pathways ◽  
Complete Loss ◽  
Anterior Communicating Artery ◽  
Loss Of Vision ◽  
Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm

ABSTRACTAnterior communicating artery aneurysm rarely presents with symptoms of compression of anterior visual pathways. We report a case of 65 years old man, who had complete loss of vision in right eye and temporal hemianopsia in left eye due to giant anterior communicating artery aneurysm.

Sensory Substitution: Unfulfilled Promises and Fundamental Limitations

2018 ◽  
pp. 251-266
Author(s):  
Charles Spence
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Substitution ◽  
Sensory Loss ◽  
Loss Of Vision ◽  
Fundamental Limitations ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Technological Limitations

Many of the most attention-grabbing claims concerning the uptake of sensory substitution devices in the last 50 years have, noticeably, not come to pass. I highlight a number of the fundamental limitations (some acknowledged, others not) that may have prevented the development and uptake of these devices amongst individuals suffering from sensory loss. First and foremost, it may simply be impossible to fully substitute for the loss of vision (the sense most substituted for) given the imbalance in neural cortical resources given to processing information in the various senses. Second, the inability to substitute for the hedonic attributes of a given modality constitutes an important, if currently under-acknowledged, problem. Most researchers tend to focus their efforts on the substitution of the sensory-discriminative (primarily spatial) aspects of stimulation instead. Third, I highlight the technological limitations associated with providing useful substitution devices for those who have lost their sense of taste or smell, senses which, theoretically, should be far easier to substitute for. Another factor that may have limited the uptake of these devices—aesthetic concerns about the appearance of users wearing them—is, I believe, likely to disappear, as a range of other augmented-perception technologies become more widely accepted.

Complete Loss of Vision Caused by a Giant Mucocele of the Frontal Sinus

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 1533-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal J. R. Mosimann ◽  
Philippe Pasche ◽  
Amir R. Dehdashti
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Sinus ◽  
Complete Loss ◽  
Loss Of Vision

Fulminant orbital cellulitis with complete loss of vision

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Connell ◽  
Zahid Kamal ◽  
Alan A McNab
Keyword(s):  
Complete Loss ◽  
Orbital Cellulitis ◽  
Loss Of Vision

scholarly journals The Physiological Assessment of Accompanying Changes in Hemodynamics in Persons with Visual Disorders at the Beginning of the Physical Therapy Program in Sanatorium

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-210
Author(s):  
Yu. L. Tonkopey ◽  
◽  
O. O. Skyba
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
Complete Loss ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Hemodynamic Parameters ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Loss Of Vision ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Physical Therapy Program

Today, an important issue is the problem of the prevalence of partial or complete loss of vision of the working population and its secondary pathology. The primary involvement of the cardiovascular system in the pathological process of this contingent is manifested by functional changes in hemodynamic parameters. The negative trend is exacerbated by forced hypokinesia and overweight visually impaired people. The purpose of the study was to analyze and assess the hemodynamic parameters of middle-aged people with visual pathology, to find out the possibility of expanding the choice of special means of physical therapy that increases the functional state of the cardiovascular system. Materials and methods. The study involved 54 people of middle age with disabilities and pathologies: retinal detachment, myopia with astigmatism, cataracts and glaucoma with a visual remainder of up to 10%, and persons with absolute vision loss. Copying of data from medical documentation and the subsequent analysis of the information received, examination, collection of anamnesis, instrumental methods of studying their hemodynamic parameters and methods of mathematical data processing were used. Results and discussion. In the course of complex medical examinations, grade I arterial hypertension, which was diagnosed by specialists, was found in 14.81% of people. According to the comparison of the actual blood pressure indicators with the clinical guidelines of the International Society of Hypertension (2020), 51.85% of the contingent showed "highly normal" values towards pathological changes. The tendency of a significant decrease also related to the indicators of systolic volume and minute volume of blood circulation. A low level of the body's tolerance to physical activity was established at 62.96% due to the examined patients with complete loss of vision. Conclusion. In the sanatorium-resort conditions, the program of physical therapy of the surveyed included standard means (physiotherapy exercises, massage, mechanotherapy, spatial orientation and psychocorrection). In the course of the study, to expand the existing components of the physical therapy program, the following ones were selected: hydrokinesis therapy, special corrective exercises with "fitball-aerobics" and dance therapy, health path, Scandinavian walking

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